Meltdown Press Release

With the 1982 Sparrow Records release of I Want To Be A
Clone, 26 year old Steve Taylor added a new dimension to the
definition of contemporary Christian music. "Clone," a six-song mini LP,
written entirely by Taylor, focuses on the various issues, conditions and
current attitudes in contemporary society. England's Buzz
magazine called "Clone" "the most exciting and radically 'prophetic'
recording the rock n' roll subculture has so far presented to the
Church."

In a similar vein, Steve's new full-length Sparrow recording "Meltdown"
(SPR 1083) contains all the bite and wit of its predecessor, while looking at
the hypocrisy in a world where few are willing to take a stand.

Steve Taylor was born in Brawley, California, a small town some 50 miles
north of the Mexican border. His father Roland, a Baptist minister,
relocated the family to Northglenn, Colorado, a suburb of Denver, when Taylor
was six. There, as the eldest of three children, he attended Northglenn High
School where he graduated in 1976.

"I started out playing trombone in grade school," recalls Taylor of his
musical studies that began in the 6th grade. "I was really bad for the first
seven years and only slightly bad for the eighth. After switching from
trombone to piano lessons in high school and playing bass guitar in 'assorted
gigless garage bands,' I decided I was not meant to play a musical instrument
and sold my trombone, piano book and bass for a planet ticket to
California."

Upon his arrival in California, Taylor applied and was granted a
scholarship to Biola University in Los Angeles. In the summer following his
freshman year, he auditioned and was selected to attend John Davidson's
Summer Singers Camp, after hearing about it one night on the "Tonight Show."
The experience proved to be a month-long learning session for pop
singers/entertainers supervised by Davidson, with training in all the
essentials of the music business except "where to buy food stamps."

Full of new enthusiasm, Taylor returned home to Colorado and enrolled at
the University of Colorado at Boulder, to advance his study in "serious
music."

Taylor put himself through school as the youth director for his church in
Denver. (One of his more unique activity nights came to an abrupt halt when
his youth group was removed from the Denver airport for playing "Capture The
Flag.") After surviving a faculty recommendation that he be kicked out of
school for an inability to sing opera, Taylor graduated in 1980. He now
describes his Bachelor of Arts Degree in music/theater as being worth
"slightly more than the cash value of a Pizza Hut coupon."

The year 1980 also saw the opening of Nothing To Lose, a pop
musical comedy written and directed by Taylor based on the Biblical parable
of the Prodigal Son. The show had a short but successful run at a local
Denver community theater. Later that year, while pursuing graduate studies
at C.U., Taylor became involved in film making, producing a comedy short
entitled The Shocking Truth Behind The Gas Shortage, followed
by two narrative sequences for Nothing To Lose (used in
conjunction with the musical.) He also wrote and starred in the movie short
Joe's Distributing, a satire on avant-garde film making.

It was during this same time period that Taylor started writing songs and
producing budget demo recordings of his material. Two years of rejection
letters by every major record label followed, during which time he did some
writing for Contemporary Christian Music Magazine (which earned
him an Evangelical Press Association Award) and the popular Wittenburg
Door.

Through a meeting with Christian Artists president Cam Floria, Taylor was
invited to travel with the organization's Continental Singers to Poland for
a series of Solidarity-sponsored concerts behind the Iron Curtain. Upon his
return, Taylor began work on a new film project, Baby Talk, a
comedy short he wrote and directed along with Academy Award nominee Jerry
Aronson, based on the true story of a man and wife who attempted to trade
their infant son for a sports car.

An eleventh hour addition put Steve Taylor and band on the line-up at
Christian Artists' 1982 Music Seminar in the Rockies for their first live
performance, and a decidedly middle-of-the-road crowd responded to "I Want
To Be A Clone" with a standing ovation.

Sparrow president, Billy Ray Hearn, who was in the audience, was so
impressed with Taylor's performance that he signed him to a recording
contract. Shortly following the release of "Clone" Taylor began a nine
month tour as director of the nation's premiere Christian musical comedy
group, "Jeremiah People." In addition to his directing and recording
responsibilities, he wrote the songs and co-authored the script for their
production "The Reunion." While on tour, Taylor wrote the "rap music" style
narrations for the Dove Award winning "Dreamer," a contemporary musical
produced by Cam Floria and released through Sparrow, based on the Old
Testament character of Joseph.

Steve Taylor & Some Band are now taking their brand of new music on
the road, which includes concert tours this year of the United States,
Canada, Europe and South America, as well as several appearances with
Chicago's Rez Band.

In conjunction with the release of "Meltdown," Taylor produced, directed
and stared in a video production based on the album's title cut, "Meltdown
(At Madame Tussaud's,") which feature Steve amidst a bevy of wax figures in
a replica of the world famous was museum. The project was edited by Millie
Paul, who also was responsible for editing the popular "Making Of Thriller"
video.

Despite his hectic schedule, Steve still leaves enough time for outside
hobbies that include trying to invent a musical instrument easy enough for
him to play and collecting rubber "Confidential" stamps.